Java One-liner Scanner from URL Text file

Question

In java, what code do I need to get from "http://www.mysite.com/text.txt" to a Scanner that parses the resulting text contained in the site in as few lines as possible.

Answer 1

Scanner sc = new Scanner(new URL("http://www.mysite.com/text.txt").openStream());

Answer 2

URL yahoo = new URL("http://www.yahoo.com/");
    BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(
                new InputStreamReader(
                yahoo.openStream()));

    String inputLine;

    while ((inputLine = in.readLine()) != null)
        System.out.println(inputLine);

    in.close();

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Reference

• Reading URL in Java